PHC Medical Necessity Criteria for Pain Management …

64490 to 64495 Paravertebral facet injections and medial branch blocks ... for a pure bupivacaine block, this is about 2-3 hours; bupivacaine plus minimal dose steroid block could be up to 3-4 days for medial branch blocks versus a month to several months for facet joint block. ... Lumbar discography. Same as 62290 and 62291 above. Author ... ................
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